Cold brew tea
AssigneeLipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsDouglas Ashley Balentine, Steven Alphonse Gobbo, Robert Steven Hang, Xiaoqun Qi, Andrew David Parry, Christopher William Goodsall
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Abstract
A cold water infusible tea leaf product is shown which brews in cold water to produce an iced tea beverage with the color and flavor of iced teas prepared by hot brewing methods. The product when brewed in water at about 15° C. for about 5 minutes at a water to tea ratio of 100 water to 1 tea has a cold water infusion Hunter L Value of about 25 to 45; a Hunter “a” value of about 24 to 34; a Hunter haze value of less than 40 and at least 0.15% soluble tea solids.
Claims7
A cold brew tea beverage prepared by a cold brew method said beverage having taste and color parameters so that
- i when a Q.D.A. test is performed evaluating Bitter2 and Red, and
- ii when Bitter2 is plotted on a Q.D.A. map as the Y axis and red is plotted on said map as the X axis
- the beverage has a Q.D.A. score on or above the line defined by:
- Bitter 2+0.639 Red≧4.8.
A black tea product in either loose or bag form comprising tea leaves which is used to prepare a cold beverage having taste and color parameters so that
- i when a Q.D.A. test is performed evaluating Bitter2 and Red, and
- ii when Bitter2 is plotted on a Q.D.A. map as the Y axis and red is plotted on said map as the X axis
- the beverage has a Q.D.A. score on or above the line defined by:
- Bitter 2+0.639 Red≧4.8.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.